Suede

//sweɪd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories. uncountable, usually

    "“She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”"

  2. 2
    a fabric made to resemble suede leather wordnet
  3. 3
    leather with a napped surface wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make (leather) into suede. transitive
  2. 2
    To finish (fabric) by abrasion, giving it a fibrous surface. transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of suede. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
corduroycottonfabricleathernylonsuede cloth

Example

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"What do you have in brown suede jackets, size 40?"

Etymology

Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves of Sweden”). Doublet of Swede.

Related phrases

suede brushsuede-shoe operatorsuede-shoe salesmanblue shoescow hidefuzzy leatherleather type

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